John O’Neill has more than 25 years of corporate finance and restructuring experience. He is skilled in negotiating, restructuring and securing new financing for leveraged and distressed companies and has worked with both creditors and debtors in out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 proceedings. Mr. O’Neill has assisted clients in a variety of industries, such as:

Auto supply Construction Electronics Energy

Financial services Food services Manufacturing Retail

Mr. O’Neill provides expertise in enterprise valuation, bankruptcy strategy, risk management, restructuring, leveraged lending and business planning. A few noteworthy accomplishments include:

• Restructuring advisor for a contract electronics manufacturing company that had lost credibility with its bank group, where he arranged new financing and private equity investment to recapitalize the company
• Provided financial advisory services for a $20+ billion fund manager, where among other duties, he instituted an outside marketing program and identified and executed a successful loan-to-own transaction
• Advisor for a specialty health business, where he helped alter its capital structure and completed valuations and financing packages to position it for strategic growth
• Senior vice president of a large bank, where among other duties, he managed a $1.8 billion portfolio, restructured a $50 million problem credit and successfully syndicated a $220 million facility that had failed at a competing institution

Previously, Mr. O’Neill served as president of a professional services firm in Frisco, Texas, where he provided financial restructuring and advisory services to companies in a variety of industries. Prior to that, he served as managing director for another professional services firm in Dallas.

Mr. O’Neill holds a bachelor's degree with a concentration in finance from University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.